Volunteers across Kitsap ready to help with taxes

The Internal Revenue Service wants to help you untie the knot of confusion that income taxes cause.

In a joint effort with the AARP, volunteers across America have been recruited and trained to prepare tax returns using computers and sophisticated software. There are approximately 50 volunteers working at nine locations in Kitsap County.

This free service is available to most taxpayers.

As each return is completed, it is electronically filed and a paper copy is provided to the taxpayer. Refunds are automatically initiated or, in the case of taxes due, taxpayers are provided with vouchers to accompany their checks.

The program is intended primarily for the elderly and low- to moderate-income taxpayers with relatively simple returns. Volunteers can handle retirement, capital gains and losses, interest and dividend income.

A few things outside the scope of the help are incomes from rentals involving depreciation, or business returns requiring Schedule D and K1 forms.

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